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Emma Hislop: 2023 Australian Residency Exchange – to Varuna

Emma Hislop: 2023 Australian Residency Exchange – to Varuna 1707 1708 Michael King Writers Centre

Emma (Kāi Tahu) is a Taranaki based writer.  Her first book of short fiction, Ruin, was published in March 2023 with Te Herenga Waka University…

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MKWC announces recipients of International Exchange with Australia

MKWC announces recipients of International Exchange with Australia 150 150 Michael King Writers Centre

Media Release 3 May 2023 The Michael King Writers Centre announces recipients of International Exchange with Australia New Zealand writer Emma Hislop and Australian writer…

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MKWC announces its 2023 International Residency with China

MKWC announces its 2023 International Residency with China 150 150 Michael King Writers Centre

Media Release                                    28 March 2023 New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2023 International Residency with China The Michael King Writers Centre in association with…

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MKWC announces its 2023 International Residency with Australia

MKWC announces its 2023 International Residency with Australia 150 150 Michael King Writers Centre

Media Release 8 March 2023 New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2023 International Residency with Australia The Michael King Writers Centre in association with…

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Jacquie McRae: 2023
Established Māori Writers Residency

Jacquie McRae: 2023
Established Māori Writers Residency
1920 2560 Michael King Writers Centre

Jacquie (Tainui and Ngāti Koata) is published in several anthologies, including the short story collection Nga hau e Wha, (Stories on the four winds) She…

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There’s A Cure For This: A Memoir – Emma Wehipeihana (Espiner) 2023

There’s A Cure For This: A Memoir – Emma Wehipeihana (Espiner) 2023 345 527 Michael King Writers Centre

At the 2024 Ockham NZ Book Awards, for this book, Emma (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Porou), was awarded one of the Mātātuhi Foundation Best First Book…

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Nataliya Oryshchuk: 2023
Emerging Writers Residency

Nataliya Oryshchuk: 2023
Emerging Writers Residency
1920 1920 Michael King Writers Centre

Originally from Kyiv, Nataliya is a Christchurch-based writer, playwright, street performer, researcher, theatre-maker and a Gothic nerd. She is the founder and director of NO…

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Rosetta Allan: 2023
Easter Residency

Rosetta Allan: 2023
Easter Residency
1707 1708 Michael King Writers Centre

Rosetta, our sixth writer-in-residence for the year, spent her formative writing years developing strengths in poetry, receiving the Kathleen Grattan Poetry and the Metonymy Poetry…

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Gwynneth Porter: 2023
Emerging Writers Residency

Gwynneth Porter: 2023
Emerging Writers Residency
1971 1971 Michael King Writers Centre

Gwynneth is a writer and editor from Ōtautahi Christchurch who recently became the librarian at Christchurch Women’s Prison. Writing essays since the mid-1990s, her practice…

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Ruin – Emma Hislop 2023

Ruin – Emma Hislop 2023 345 525 Michael King Writers Centre

Emma (Kāi Tahu) was our second writer-in-residence for 2021. Ruin, her residency project, won the Hubert Church Best First Book Award for fiction at the 2024…

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